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History and Intellectual Foundation Of Western Civilization


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This course examines the Fundamental Foundations of Western Civilisation. It will explore the history and origins of its thought and the development of the principles of Western philosophy that underpin its institutions, society and states.

Here is the course outline:

Welcome Aboard: Course Introduction

All Presentations and Reading Materials

Session 1: Birth of thought in the Ancient Mediterranean World

Session 2: The First European Philosophers: The Pre-Socratics

Session 3: Socrates

Session 4: Plato

Session 5: Aristotle

Session 6: History and philosophy of the Hellenistic Period

Session 7: Christianity and the Latin Church Fathers

Session 8: Medieval Christian Thought and the rediscovery of Greek Philosophy

Session 9: The Renaissance

Session 10: The Western ‘Enlightenment'

Session 11: Anglo-Saxon Philosophy

Session 12: Continental Philosophy

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